Example sentences of "[noun pl] are a [adj] feature " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where domination strategies are a pervasive feature of the culture of teaching in a school , pupils can be remorseless in their expectations that teachers conform to the ‘ normal ’ pattern and can exercise powerful sanctions of disobedience and disruption against those who allow reason or consideration of personal concern to show through , against those who seem to show manifest signs of weakness or softness , that is . |
| 2 | Rituals are a central feature of police work . |
| 3 | Plants in pots and vases are a great feature of the garden in summer . |
| 4 | McLaren 's suggested explanation for this particular catastrophe arose from our recent knowledge ( from Mars , Venus , Mercury and the back of the moon ) that meteorites and meteoritic impacts are a general feature of the Solar System . |
| 5 | Overnight services for sleeping cars are a long-standing feature of BR 's Anglo-Scottish routes , but this market has also changed . |
| 6 | It must be recognised that knives are a common feature of everyday life and that , in the wrong hands , almost any bladed or sharply pointed article is potentially a lethal weapon . |
| 7 | In a system which gives spots , making a region long and thin results in stripes — striped tails are a common feature of many animals . |
| 8 | It is thought that high-mass X-ray binaries accrete primarily from a stellar wind escaping from the companion star whereas LMXBs accrete by means of Roche-lobe overflow into a disc ; a viable hypothesis is that QPOs are a generic feature of disc accretion , regardless of the precise nature of the compact object . |
| 9 | The problem , then , is why one should accept Poulantzas ' claim that pertinent effects are a constant feature of capitalist social formations . |
| 10 | Exhibitions of a variety of paintings and decorative art collections are a regular feature , with an on-going programme to suit all tastes . |
| 11 | These strip buildings are a common feature of urban sites throughout the empire and are usually identified as the shops and workshops of resident traders and craftsmen . |
| 12 | Such spines are a common feature of lava domes ; in fact they are an almost predictable result of the squeezing of viscous lava into a pile of loose , broken rocks . |
| 13 | Though these problems are a characteristic feature of modern life , they have been with us for a very long time . |
| 14 | The transverse ridges are a distinctive feature which separates this species from many other North Atlantic species , other species with this feature are O. parcita . |
| 15 | These days , way of life arguments are a common feature of public debate about the value of small rural schools . |
| 16 | The 56 pupils who created the work with the aid of local professional artist Keith Bridgewood chose the staircase for the setting and the stairs are a predominant feature . |
| 17 | Fine handmade dovetail joints are a distinguishing feature of its Country Traditional bedroom furniture , in hand-waxed solid pine , with an antique finish . |
| 18 | Exclusion restrictions are a frequent feature of empirical studies involving rational expectations . |
| 19 | Visiting locomotives are a main feature of the railway and during the Annual Vintage Day Rally on Sunday , October 11 , a scale replica of 0-4-0T ‘ Cadbury Number II ’ in maroon livery was steaming in to the record books . |
| 20 | ‘ The endless ribbons of dry stone walls are a prominent feature of the North York Moors , marking important boundaries and providing shelter for stock on exposed sites . |